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What you dont realize is you say mass produced bread doesnt exist in aus, but then in the very next sentence you say your mass produced bread is blah blah.
I just call total BS. Are you even australian or american
Coles sells mass produced bread. you know the cheapest 85 cent or 1.50 variety. you know the kind with SUGAR in it.
I had said prices were comparable for some things here but overall its more expensive. sure, the free range eggs are close but they still cost more here. i find it funny you get mad that i mention a tax good, well thats part of living australia - thats just part of high cost. hell lets not even mention alcohol.
Actually Australian "mass produced" white bread doesn't have sugar in it. Even the Coles Smart Buy bread. Also the "mass produced" is baked fresh and then trucked. That's why the tags have a baked on date rather than a used by date.
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Originally Posted by bossh0g
There a show on TV, its called River Cottage Australia. Season 3 just started this week and in episode 1 of Season 3, the residents complained how they just dont have access to a variety of fresh produce, how it can take days to get it.. That area is about 4 hours away from Sydney.
That area compares to some other rural areas in the US that dont get the freshest ingredients either. so, your statement about all aussies having access to fresh goods is false too.
Australia is a sparse country and the issue with the US is that the baseline is lower than Australia. Yes you can get some amazing stuff, and a variety of stuff in the US, but the local mass grocery store is well below a Coles or Woolies.
This I really can't understand. When I travel in Australia I frequently shop at Coles because it is handy, but find that it is inferior in most ways to even the average American supermarket. They don't even have on-hand bakeries as many US markets do. Coles seems like it something out of the 1970's actually.
Well, I guess it just reinforces my feeling that so many of these posts are just all very subjective. All Bossh0g did was ask where he could find some decent American Food near where he lives and it became an excuse to slam American food (v. Australian.) Both countries have their share of good and awful food.
I would venture to say that many of the slammers have never even been to the US because they sound so dismally unfamiliar with what we eat beyond stereotypes.
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I dont like Safeway or Albertsons. We dont have them here. Publix, which is the most popular average market in Florida, is far superior to those places. To me, any bread that comes in a package not baked on premises is inferior. What is the shelf life of this type of bread? The bread I buy only lasts a few days, typically before it hardens.
I'm not sure why this thread has devolved into such an anti American food rant. Neither the US, Australia, NZ, Ireland, Uk has ever been known for its cuisine as opposed to France, Italy, Thailand, China, India, Mexico, etc.
I love Australia and have been there many times, but I certainly don't go there for the food. What food there is that is really good is often ethnic, Italian, Chinese, Thai, etc. You can go to the freezer section of an Australian store and see the same kind of over processed tasteless food you find in the US. And the produce sections aren't very different either. And I can't tell you how many times in restaurants I have been served what I can only call mystery meat. But that is not uncommon in the US and UK also.
Despite all the rants about US food, no other Anglo country has the regional variety and sheer tastiness of the US regions. You can go from African(soul) food throughout the south, French creole in New Orleans, Mexican and Indian throughout the Southwest, Basque in the Rockies, Italian in the big n.e. cities, Portuguese in New England coastal towns, California, German/Eastern European in the Midwest, etc. etc.
So we don't have the best bread (except in certain cities). BUT no one outside of Italy, least of all Australia, has the best ice cream in the world except the US.
In which restaurants, have you had something like this?
In more recent trips in hotel restaurants in Hobart and Perth and a lunch place in Leura while on a Blue Mts tour. I know what I ordered but what I got was not very distinguishable.
What I have been trying to say is that while so many people are bashing US food it is quite possible to be fed a substandard meal in Australia. People should really steer clear of stereotypes before they criticize.
American food is heavy, overprocessed and bland, imo.
Yes, you. Stereotyping American food., this is your commentary on a poster's request for some decent American food. You're saying American food is crap and I'm merely saying you can get the same in Australia.
Yes, you. Stereotyping American food., this is your commentary on a poster's request for some decent American food. You're saying American food is crap and I'm merely saying you can get the same in Australia.
Right. And has anyone argued that you can't get a bad meal in Australia? I certainly didn't.
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